Letter 5057: ...so that I might discharge my obligation to you according to the ancient custom.
Quintus Aurelius Symmachus→Unknown|c. 391 AD|Quintus Aurelius Symmachus
friendship
25 ut te observantia prisci moris absolverem. nam vetere instituto hic usus increbruit,
ut ingressi iter praelibent primitias scriptionis. quare familiaris officii invitatus au-
spicio fratemam religionem, quam mihi semper mente exhibes, adsiduo sermone testare.
LXXmi (LXXII) a. 387?
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25 ut te observantia prisci moris absolverem. nam vetere instituto hic usus increbruit,
ut ingressi iter praelibent primitias scriptionis. quare familiaris officii invitatus au-
spicio fratemam religionem, quam mihi semper mente exhibes, adsiduo sermone testare.
LXXmi (LXXII) a. 387?
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